Samouni Road

2018 | Documentary | 129 min
by Stefano Savona
SYNOPSIS

A deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during, and after the catastrophic trauma that changed their lives forever.

SUMMARY

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City, the Samouni extended family is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s massive 22-day assault on the besieged Gaza Strip when 29 members of the family were killed. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors’ recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during, and after the catastrophic trauma that changed their lives forever.

Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona spent nine years trying to reconstruct what happened to make Samouni Road. The film combines vérité video with striking black-and-white animation and simulated drone footage to dramatize the catastrophe, underlining the continuing strain the conflict places on Palestinian citizens—and highlighting the surprising resilience of the human spirit.

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